USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Beef Basin — Abajo Mountains Desert Rim via Dark Canyon Plateau
Anasazi ruins, zero crowds, real canyon country.
Feature: Camping
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Bald Mountain — Uinta High Uinta Wilderness Subalpine Approach via Mirror Lake
Top of Utah's east-west range.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Meeteetse via the Wood River Bench and Oregon Basin
Badlands, oil fields, and forgotten Wyoming.
New Mexico
ModerateZuni-Acoma Trail Road to McGaffey Lookout — Cibola National Forest High Rim via Oso Ridge
Zuni Mountains high rim above Gallup.
Texas
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Big Bend Basin via Persimmon Gap and the Dead Horse Mountains
Comanche country — 26 miles of Chihuahuan Desert solitude.
New Mexico
ModeratePoison Canyon Road to El Malpais — Zuni-Acoma Lava Field Desert Rim via Cebolita Mesa
Lava field rim run in the New Mexico badlands.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Meeteetse via the Absaroka Front and Greybull River Bench
Badlands, benchlands, and the Absaroka wall.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Trego Hot Springs Road to Black Rock Desert Playa via Soldier Meadows
Ancient lakebed, no fences, no rules, no help.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Teton Pass Road to Victor via Coal Creek Summit Backdoor
The Tetons summit nobody's driving but you.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.